ang pao

A form of angpao — Synonym of red envelope.

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Meanings

nounang pao (plural ang paos)

plural ang paos

  1. alternativeAlternative form of angpao.

    They did not have the ang pao culture, the “red-envelope” culture.

    2013, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Managing Indonesia's Transformation: An Oral History, →ISBN, page 60
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    But the practices governing the giving of ang paos defy simplification, and I heard only recently — in a Hokkien family — of a married daughter giving an ang pao to her parents, although they were by then grandparents many times over.

    1965, Joy Manson, Festivals of Malaya, page 40

    The ang pao contains so many dozen pesos, because a dozen is a lucky number.

    1987, Pilipinas - Issues 8-11, page 36

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hongbaored packet
Cite this entry
APA

ang pao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20pao

MLA

“ang pao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20pao. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ang pao,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ang%20pao.

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